Tampa Bay Buccaneers FS Dashon Goldson has been asked by the team to lower his target when making tackles. "We've had a lot of conversations," head coach Lovie Smith said. "We're not asking him to stop doing anything. Really, it's pretty simple. We talk about a physical player, we want him to remain that. Just lower the target a little bit. It's kind of as simple as that."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers FS Dashon Goldson (ankle) is being brought along slowly at the start of training camp, as the team is limiting his reps. "We want to get him incorporated into everything, but we limited his reps,'' coach Lovie Smith said. "We had him start off and that was pretty much it. We'll be able to progress a little bit with his reps. But I was impressed with his movement.''

Tampa Bay Buccaneers FS Dashon Goldson (ankle) underwent ankle surgery this offseason and will not participate in offseason workouts, according to a source. The team hopes Goldson will be ready for the start of training camp.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith said he and defensive coaches will work with FS Dashon Goldson on improving his tackling. "There's some simple things you have to do for Dashon," Smith said. "First off, lower your target. Start with that. Did he have those problems before? We feel like we can handle that. If that's the least of our problems, we're going to be in pretty good shape."

Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Akeem Spence said Wednesday, Nov. 6, that the threat of fines has caused the defense to slip in recent weeks. "The first couple weeks we were getting fined out of the woodwork," Spence said. "That did take away some of our physicality. The first couple weeks we were crushing quarterbacks, and then we kind of got away from it because we got a lot of penalties." In the first four games, S Ahmad Black (now a free-agent), DT Adrian Clayborn, LB Lavonte David and FS Dashon Goldson were each fined by the NFL.

Fantasy Tip: Whatever the reason might be for the decline in production, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST is not a unit worth using in any fantasy format. They have allowed 27 or more points in four consecutive games.